(October 2, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Sept. 18 granted a motion to approve a $250,000 settlement filed by the maker of an allegedly defective hot water heater that caused a minor to suffer burns (Kanye McCarty, a minor through his guardian ad litem, Amanda McCarty, v. The United States of America, et al., No. 13cv1602, S.D. Calif.)....